secular Arab nationalist political party present in several countries in the Mid-East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.' name='description'> Ba'th - definition and meaning

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  • proper noun Abbreviated name for the Arab Socialist Baath Party, a secular Arab nationalist political party present in several countries in the Mid-East, most prominently Iraq and Syria.

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Examples

  • Typically, families targeted for expulsion would receive several threatening visits from security personnel or Ba'th Party officials.

    Kurdish Disagreements Within the Autonomous Region 2007

  • The usual Ba'th party rivalries that have plagued all such regimes are also a threat to Assad family rule.

    Review: The Truth About Syria 2007

  • During those visits, the families are pressured to take one or more of the following steps: officially alter their ethnic identity by registering as Arabs instead of Kurds, Turkoman, or Assyrian, a process known as “nationality correction;” [sic] become members of the ruling Ba'th Party; and/or join one of the various militias formed by Saddam Hussein, including the so-called Army of Jerusalem (Jaysh al-Quds).

    Kurdish Disagreements Within the Autonomous Region 2007

  • There was no new information regarding the MOI investigation into the case of officers in the Basrah Police Internal Affairs Unit who were involved in the December 2004 killings of 10 members of the Ba'th Party and the killings of a mother and daughter accused of engaging in prostitution.

    Q and A Garry 2006

  • There was no new information regarding the MOI investigation into the case of officers in the Basrah Police Internal Affairs Unit who were involved in the December 2004 killings of 10 members of the Ba'th Party and the killings of a mother and daughter accused of engaging in prostitution.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Garry 2006

  • I don't view any legitimate role for the Ba'th in Arab politics: they don't deserve a role.

    Monday, July 31, 2006 As'ad 2006

  • Instead of loyal Iraqis, working for the good of the Ba'th revolution and the Arab nation, which is how the Shi'a were extolled in official propaganda all through the Iraq-Iran War, they became degenerate subhumans, who observed a debased religion that had no proper moral code.

    Saying the Unsayable Mortimer, Edward 1993

  • The Iraqi people might have refused the regime's demand, which, under the circumstances, would likely have caused the downfall of the Ba'th.

    The Thief of Baghdad Mortimer, Edward 1990

  • Political parties and leaders: Ba'th Party [SADDAM Husayn, central party leader]

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Socialist Renaissance (Ba'th) Party (governing party) [Hafiz al-ASAD, president of the republic, secretary general of the party, and chairman of the National Progressive Front]; Arab Socialist Unionist

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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